Gerhard van der Westhuizen Golf Day 2017

The 2017 edition of the annual Gerhard Van der Westhuizen Golf Day was again a huge success. The main beneficiary of this popular fund raising initiative is Melti Grobler, with participation from JakarandaFM’s Good Morning Angels.

Melti is a five-year-old boy who urgently requires a bone marrow transplant, a procedure that costs R1m. He has already faced two onslaughts of leukaemia and if he falls ill again he’s only got a 1 in 10 chance of survival.

Money raised for Melti at this golf day: R310 000

Existing funds for Melti’s bone marrow transplant: R670 000

Total: R1m

Result: Melti can undergo his life-saving bone marrow transplant

Other interesting statistics from the golf day:

Players: 144

Four balls: 36

Winning four ball: WBHO

Additional beneficiary: Atterbury Trust (R75 000) as well as a student at Hoerskool Garsfontein R25,000